MY PASSPORT
USER MANUAL
RETRIEVING BACKUP FILES
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IF you have . . .
THEN the WD SmartWare software displays the . . .
Created a single backup on
the selected
My Passport
drive
from your computer,
Select a destination for retrieved files dialog:
Proceed to step 3 on page 32.
Created multiple backup
volumes on the selected
My Passport
drive from
either:
• Different internal hard
drives or hard drive
portions on your computer
• Different computers
Select a volume to retrieve from dialog with the available
volumes listed in the
Backed Up Volumes
selection box:
In this case:
a. In the
Backed Up Volumes
selection box, select the
volume that you want to retrieve files from.
b. Click
Next
to display the
Select a destination for
retrieved files dialog.
c. Proceed to step 3 on page 32.
Not run a backup on the
selected
My Passport
drive,
The Select a volume to retrieve from dialog with nothing listed
in the
Backed Up Volumes
selection box:
You cannot retrieve files from a drive that does not have a
backup volume. Click the
Home
tab and return to step 1-b on
page 30 to select the My Passport drive that has the files you
want to retrieve.
